[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Evergreen Documentation Licensing Terms

[Karen Collier]

Whoops!  Meant to include a link to the outline.  Here it is!

http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:outline

Karen

----- "Karen Collier" <kcollier at kent.lib.md.us> wrote:

> Well, the deadline has passed, and I count 18 "yes" votes to zero "no"
> votes.  Congratulations everybody, DIG has unanimously selected
> licensing terms for official Evergreen documentation.  The licensing
> terms are below and have been posted on the wiki at
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:documentation_licensing_terms.
>  I'll get started working on notifying people of these terms, and how
> they relate to the wiki (part 4).
> 
> For pre-existing documentation that did not originate on the wiki, it
> would be ideal to get official permission to use that documentation
> under these licensing terms.  If you are the copyright owner, have
> permission from the copyright owner, or otherwise have the right to
> agree to these terms on behalf of some of this pre-existing
> documentation, please do so by submitting the documentation to the
> mailing list (either by attachment or if the file is big by linking to
> it) and stating that you agree to its use under Evergreen's
> Documentation Licensing Terms
> (http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:documentation_licensing_terms).
>  If you're not the right person to agree, but know who is, please talk
> to that person about it.
> 
> I would love to see us get documentation writing off to a running
> start in 2010.  To this end, perhaps those with a few minutes could
> take a look at the proposed documentation outline and consider what
> portion you would like to begin working on.  Drop an email to
> docs at evergreen-ils.org to let the facilitators know.
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen
> 
> ----- "Karen Collier" <kcollier at kent.lib.md.us> wrote:
> 
> > As discussed at the Documentation Interest Group Meeting on
> December,
> > 9, 2009, I am calling for a vote on Documentation Licensing. 
> Members
> > of the Documentation Interest Group and interested members of the
> > Evergreen Community, please vote yes or no on the following
> proposals
> > by Monday, January 4, 2009 by replying to this email on the
> Evergreen
> > Documentation mailing list
> > (open-ils-documentation at list.georgialibraries.org).
> > 
> > 1 - Official Evergreen Documentation produced by the Documentation
> > Interest Group should be licensed under the Creative Commons
> > Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License
> > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
> > 
> > 2 - Any code included in the official documentation produced by the
> > Documentation Interest Group should also be made available under
> the
> > GNU GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
> > 
> > 3 - Official Evergreen Documentation may be made available under
> > another copy-left
> (http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/copyleft.html)
> > open source (http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd) license in the
> future
> > with a majority vote on the Evergreen Documentation List
> > (open-ils-documentation at list.georgialibraries.org) or comparable
> > indication of the Evergreen community's wishes.
> > 
> > 4 - These same licensing terms should be applied to the
> Documentation
> > Wiki.  Past contributors to the Documentation Wiki should be
> notified
> > by emails sent to Evergreen community mailing lists and to the
> email
> > address associated with their docuwiki account of the new licensing
> > terms and given a reasonable amount of time to request that their
> > contributions not be included under those licensing terms.
> > 
> > 5 - By submitting documentation to the Documentation wiki or to the
> > Evergreen Documentation List after licensing terms have been
> decided
> > and publicized, contributors indicate that they (a) agree to these
> > licensing terms, and (b) to the best of their knowledge have the
> right
> > to do so through copyright ownership, permission from the copyright
> > owner(s), and/or the licensing terms of any documents that were
> > modified or incorporated into their submission.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Karen Collier
> > Public Services Librarian
> > Kent County Public Library
> > 408 High Street
> > Chestertown, MD 21620
> > 410-778-3636
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> >
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> 
> -- 
> Karen Collier
> Public Services Librarian
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620
> 410-778-3636
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-- 
Karen Collier
Public Services Librarian
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636